o  (Sertrube  H.  ©ttle\>. 

As  nearly  as  I  know  our  family  history,  we  be¬ 
longed  to  an  ancient  Persian  family,  who  came 
over  to  India  as  long  as  a  hundred  and  fifty 
years  ago.  They  settled  in  Bombay  and  were 
wealthy  landholders.  An  Englishman  married 
one  of  the  ladies.  That  Englishman  was  my 
great  grandfather.  I  was  born  in  1874,  and 
lived  at  home  till  the  age  of  ten,  when  the  pre¬ 
mature  death  of  my  father  broke  up  our  home. 
When  I  was  fourteen  years  old,  I  decided  I 
would  study  the  vernacular  of  the  country 
and  work  for  myself  and  my  people.  I  joined 
a  training  school.  There  I  studied  Persian, 
Urdu  and  Hindi  for  three  years,  and  received 
a  training  for  missionary  work.  I  have  been  in 
the  work  ever  since  ;  and  the  more  I  do  of  it, 
the  more  I  feel  it  is  the  kind  of  work  I  should 
always  wish  to  do.  I  have  found  much  real 
joy  in  doing  it.  Working  for  and  teaching  the 
souls  for  whom  Christ  died  has  given  me  a  life 
full  of  blessing  and  comfort. 

Gertrude  Amelia  Ottley. 

Bina,  India. 


Published  by  the  Christian  Woman’s  Board  of  Mis¬ 
sions,  152  E.#  Market  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  August, 
1900.  1  cent  each  ;  5  cents  per  dozen. 


